Essays on Impurity

The Book of Revelation, particularly, its chapters two and three, contains the letters written by John the Apostle to the Seven Churches in the Asia Minor (situated not in the whole territory of the continent, but just in its Roman territory).  These letters were created by Jesus and had to be sent by John. The writings are believed to be appropriate in any time (Barnett, 2004). During the whole period of studying the Holy Script, there were many attempts to analyze the letters from different point of view. Generally, researchers agree that these writings were written for Christian `churches` ...

Nowadays, Hawaii is one of the most popular travel destinations. The first associations that come to one’s mind hearing about Hawaii are board surfing, aloha, hula, and incredibly beautiful ocean and sky. However, despite the seeming enervation, Hawaii islands have a rich history rooted in the history of the Polynesian Triangle. This paper aims to discuss the history and culture of ancient Hawaii and the kingdom. As well as New Zealand and Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Hawaii is one of the corners of the Polynesian Triangle. Most cultures of the islands in the Polynesian Triangle have similar Polynesian ...

Intro

Basically, the idea that the world is not a random and chaotic mass of things, but a harmoniously ordered unity exists in accordance with certain laws at the heart of the Buddhist philosophy. The Dharma is the universal and eternal order that preserves and retains the integrity of the world. That is why the Dharma is a key concept in the complex system of Buddhism. The Dharma is the way and the law at the same time. It is a way to improve and complete enlightenment. If one analyzes this concept literally and in more detail, it becomes evident ...

Writings on Hinduism have been remarkably expanded in the past decade by anthropological research which focuses on the real nature of religious practices, including the underlying philosophy, and examines the setting or environment as well as the written literature. Edward Harper, in his article Ritual Pollution as an Integrator of Caste and Religion (1964), vividly showed that the hierarchical relationship of the concepts of 'purity' and 'pollution', which are the foundational elements of caste, is based on a paradigm of society wherein different groups are brought together by the common pursuit of religion or rituals for the gods. The ...

Introduction

China’s air pollution crisis is currently a topic of concern at national and international based. It is indicated that the growing stages of pollution, more than 24 times the WHO-suggested limits, make long and short-term health threats containing of high sterility rates, and make threats to both the internal city areas and external neighboring state’s solidity. Growing fears on the impacts of pollution grows a new query: will China’s air crisis directed to more enclosed cities.

Discussion

Nowadays pollution arises from day to day. Air pollution is very awful for our well-being so illnesses increase gradually. In the past, ...

Esi Edugyan’s novel Half Blood Blues, with its tale of mixed-race characters, jazz, and Nazi Germany, focuses chiefly on the presence of ‘undesirables’ – people who the status quo rejects in some form or another. In the case of 1939 Berlin, people of non-white descent (such as the half-white Hiero Falk) were targeted for elimination and arrest. This left others who could mask their ‘undesirability’ (such as the lighter-skinned Sid Griffiths) to have an easier time escaping the horrors of World War II and Nazism. Many things are mixed in Half Blood Blues, as its title suggests – races are ...

Introduction

The novel “Dracula” narrates how he attempted to shift to England from Transylvania in the midst of a tussle between him and a group of men and women. In the context of the novel, several scenes define thematic expressions that reflect the current world and it moral values and culture. Dracula’s character is one of the major trends in the current times where people have adopted supernatural beliefs and differentiated themselves from other human beings. Sucking of human blood, magical appearance of Dracula in several places is sign of how the world has evolved to accommodate such categories of people. ...

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Steel as a building material in many ways replaced the outdated iron. Until the 70s of the 19th century, the dominant structural material has been cast, but in its stead came shortly steel. By the beginning of the 20th century, production of iron and steel is almost equal. In this part of the cast iron is processed into steel. The value of iron as the final product has fallen sharply and the value have increased significantly. Since the 70s of the 19th century to the present day steel is a ...

Bronzeville Woman in a Red Hat is a poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks and published in her famous collection of poems known as The Bean Eaters in 1960. Set in Bronzeville, where the poet is believed to have grown up, the poem narrates of the experiences of a black woman looking for a job as a housecleaner. The Bronzeville lady undergoes humiliation at the hands of a white family, and this is what the poem is all about; exposing some misconceptions the society might have on some of its members. On the other hand, Telephone Conversation is a poem written by Wole Soyinka, and it depicts a ...

Historical Analysis of obscenity using the case of "Rosen v. U.S 1896" Historical Analysis of obscenity using the case of "Rosen v. U.S 1896" The trial court, in the Southern District of New York, defined obscenity as overt act of the defendant, which is committed intentionally, knowingly and unlawfully which contained a certain obscene, lascivious and lewd contents. The use of these three words was fundamental. In fact the crux of the judgment was based on these words. The court held that the text, picture and drawings in the paper posted by the defendants were offensive and would ...

The Human Stain by Phillip Roth is a novel that depicts a series of disgraceful events and dissatisfactions in a manner that it makes a reader highly inquisitive to read the novel further with a larger intensity into it. Roth is a maestro of such works and rarely fails to surprise readers with an array of practical as well as imaginary metaphors. In the human stain, Roth has chosen the characters very smartly and depicted the incidents on a good plot. It is a novel that depicts sex, desires and several other hidden tendencies of human beings to deceive and how people exploit others. The story, ...

PART-1 DILUTIONS

a) the technique of transferring an exact amount of liquid from one container to another a) The process of achieving a precise volume in one container while still being able to thoroughly mix the contents.

While pipetting, one should take care to avoid errors. The reading is taken by positioning the eye in correct point with the lower meniscus. Water is added little at a time to the volumetric flask to enhance proper mixing. Tap water is undesired since it has impurities plus ions, which interferes with the results of the experiment. When the water meniscus is almost fill line a “disposable pipette” ...